Ordered at the regular price BERK I LOVE U. Bryan from Berk I love you too I love everyone.... except the guys with the DRL issues.

Kamski

 

^^^ what happened to our test fitting

 

Payduty :-) I'm done my shift on Monday morning and I can drive straight up to Spitfire and have them do whatever they need to do.

But I like NISMO stuff so I dont mind putting money into it. Hold up calling you.

Kamski

 

I'm def in the same boat, the crimp just looks wack and takes away from one of the reasons for getting new exhaust.

 

The crimp doesn't bother me if it keeps it quiet inside and I keep my low end torque. This is a quality product from Nissan and Berk, I can say that much. The resonator is a straight through perforated core (I checked) and I assume the mufflers are as well (didn't shine a flashlight in yet). This thing fits like a glove.

Someone quick measure their stock pipe diameter and see if its 2 or 2.25 inches. I'm really curious since this is 2.5 inch all the way back. Cattman went from 2.5 to 2 inch at the split.

 

Maybe if you learned how to spell two, you could drop down to one job a piece...


She looks like a pina???

 

just like my lil pinay.

So i will be test fitting the new RACINGLINE exhaust next week. I will give you a side by side comparo vs the NISMO.

Kamski

 

Make sure to check for drone

That seems to be an issue with aftermarket performance exhausts....

 

10-4

 

Just an FYI, I was able to do the entire install by floor jacking up the driver side rear wheel. I placed a jack stand under it for safety, I didn't feel like having the underside of my car be the last thing I see. Its only 8 bolts and 1 wire/nut to do the uninstall/install. The passenger rear muffler has the attached bolt and nut for the connection of the stock grounding wire (or whatever it is). Some of the bolts got rusty and were stubborn, but nothing a little breaker bar couldn't handle. This is easily something you can do in your own home.

 

Congrats Hilbe, great write up. I have audio clips of the cabin noise on my camera
should have them up tonight. I knew you and you wife would approve. Mine is very
picky, she loves driving the Max now. Hey Chernmax funny.. LOL this is for you( TWO.) LOL, Whats a Pina???

 

Its brighter today, so I took a few more pics to show this thing off in all its glory

Excuse the dirty car, we had 2 feet of snow last week and tons of rain the rest of the time.

 

Pina is short for Filipina or a woman from the Philippines.

My wife's a Pina...

 

So maybe im but i read all 4 pages and still havent found the price on this Nismo exhaust setup.

 

Berk has it for $650 + shipping. I have the Nismo / Berk modified for Altima SE-R version. Its about an inch longer than the standard Nismo. Berk welded an inch long piece of stainless after the crimp to the Altima Nismo kit. This standard Nismo kit should fit, but might not position the mufflers as nicely as the SE-R kit. I would look at my side view pictures and imagine the standard kit with tips 1 inch farther back. Berk's price on the kit is a decent price. I'd email them about a group deal if you're interested in a bargain...

Here is where to buy:

http://www.berktechnology.com/shop/p...D=113&P_ID=444

 

Here is a picture I stole from another site that shows the welded on piece for the SE-R kit.

 

I'm interested in the crimp. Do you really think it helps low end torque? I mean if that's the case then why replace the stock Y pipe? I mean if restricted flow is better for low end torque then the stock y-pipe would seem to fit the bill. Did you happen to take any side by side pics of the Cattman and the Nismo exhaust? Seems to me a "crimp" in the Y-pipe or the crimp in the B pipe(?) would give the same result. I need some help in understanding it.

 

by adding the crimp, it helps increase back pressure which results in an increase in low-end tq

 

It doesn't help increase low end tq, it helps maintain the originally designed tq stats. Without the crimp, you give your car more lungs thus increasing the mid and high band HP/TQ which means on the road and on the highway your car has more *****, low end tq will help you off the line faster but a Max that can breath will catch you when rollin!!!

 

I'm going to get this thing on the dyno in a few weeks. Things that I've done since my previous dyno are UDP, grounding kit, and exhaust. Curious to see how it turns out.

 

I have a suspicion that the crimp may not have been there for anything other than ground clearance. I'm not an exhaust pro by any means but after reading this article http://www.team-integra.net/sections...p?ArticleID=47 a while back, and reading posts about the Greddy system causing a loss in low end torque, (piping too big) I think the key is just getting the right size pipes and keep it moving smoothly.

 

Oh She is accually from Thailand.

 

Had serveral of those too...

 

She is fantastic..

Also here are the inside audio clips the second one a really got on it but not to lond day was rainy and traffic.

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=CIMG0219.flv

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=CIMG0220.flv

 

Mine's a bit louder. But I also have CAI, Spacers, and Y-Pipe.

 

Yea but still great sound, and still close enough to stcok the wife is cool with it.. Have you heard it driving away from you, VQ rumble all the way

 

Yeah. Sounds real good driving away.

I just had it up to 100 mph on the highway on the way home from the in-laws. Sounded near silent. I heard more road noise than anything :/

 

i am a little confused...sorry. But if i wan a direct bolt-on, which one should i get? the SE R version or standard kit?

 

The modded version (SER) our wheel base(112.3) ansd the SER(111.3) wheel base are very close the SER version is extened 1 inch. Hilbe took a picture of it post #136.

 

ok, got it. Now understood. Thanks!

 

2nd pic taken in post #132 show the two long pipes hanging quite low at the undercarriage. Are these pipes hanging lower than the stock pipes? Reason i am asking cos my driveway has this little irritating bump which i am afraid might scrape the pipes if it hangs lower than stock. Now with stock pipes, it is clearing just nice. Btw, how is the group buy coming along? And will i have issues with warranty with these new exhaust installed? I own a 06 SE with 30k miles.

 

I listened to the audio/video clips and I don't/can't hear anything different than my stock exhaust. So, to me, this is a cosmetic change from dual tips to singles. I mean they look great but the cost/benefit for me is not there. When my stock mufflers need changed from rust/wear I will go with the '08 OEM dual mufflers.

 

Hilbe-Did you ever sell your Cattman exhaust?

PM me please

 

Yes. smokedoutmaxi from the other .org bought it.

Should be installing it soon I would think. Still glad I got the Nismo. Loving it

 

Thay hang down a little but if you are stock height no worries. Even if lowed the bump would have to be pretty big. The ground clearence is fine. I will be lowering her in a week or so still waiting for my springs to come. Your warrenty should be fine, a exhaust has never damaged a motor or tranny.

 

I would contact Bryan at Berk Technology for a group buy I ran it by him but I don't
think enough people are going to get it, Why I don't know, Looks great, sounds great, better flow than stock and no droan.

 

looks nice. not really feeling that big crimp though...

 

Doesn't Nissan's warranty cover the Nismo stuff anyways?

 

Yea I think they do accually, I did not think of that cause it's not an accual part number for our cars but the stealership dosent know anything anyway the would never know. Just tell them its a Nissan product.

 

I call and no one call me back. I loose my mind, but im off until thursday. TAZSKI get on em.

Kamski